Microblog Memes

From “My PC” to “This PC”.

I was in a chatroom and joked about them adding “AI” to notepad. Someone in the room was like “wtf did they seriously?!” and I said “oh no, I don’t use Windows 11 but there’s no way lawl”

Someone else sent a screenshot of their fucking AI in notepad

Fuckin' windows store apps... giant unpatchable buggy mess...

Windows Clock doesn't have analog mode any more. Nor does it show seconds. And sometimes it just doesn't show time because it needs to update some garbage, or the app needs to be updated, or...

Long story short, I had to make a clock of my own.

I still have record of my reaction when I learned Windows Media Player had paid DLC on Windows 10. I made a video about it.

I literally can not fucking wait for them to start charging microtransactions for items under the "accessories" menu, like games, or tools like the calculator and notepad. M$ has been the best advertiser for Linux this past decade, and they're only getting better at advertising it, I know that's coming at some point.

When did Right Click -> Set as Wallpaper -> Desktop involve writing code?
Yes, older versions of Linux may have had that setting buried in a config file somewhere, which required editing in a text editor. And that sort of UI was shit, is shit and will always be shit. But, if we're going to bring up old versions of an OS, let's talk about Windows Me.

WHAT !!?? You have a button to copy the error message, this feature is asked since Windows XP, they took their time.

if you want free operating system, try using linux instead of using pirated microslop

I feel gratuitously attacked.

I have my own server running in the cloud to get my wallpapers.

Ok I think I'm the problem lol

I change my wallpaper pretty much exactly the same way I used to do it in Windows though?

Notepad++

Notepad was the final straw that made me switch

the suggestion that you should maybe write down an eight digit hex string "in case you need it" is just adding insult to injury. i guess anything less than a 32bit space for error codes would be insufficient

I love to shit on Microsoft as much as the next lemming, but this error message is way out of context. This was a bug in the January quality update (quality lol), and has been addressed.

https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/01/24/microsoft-admits-it-accidentially-crashed-apps-like-notepad-paint-snipping-tool-on-windows-11-rolls-out-a-fix/

Windows doesn't require you to sign into the MS store to use notepad or paint.

Source: end user compute engineer who had to deal with this shit.

Its almost as if one should try to be technically literate when using technology

I googled the code and it's funnier.

First search result is xbox live instead of the microsoft link.

And then the correct link is just comments going "I have the problem too." The popular SOLUTION is to uninstall the alienware command center.

BUT before you that, error message box seems to not close? So you have to open up in task manager and terminate anything with "AWCC" in its name.

Then you can finally uninstall the alienware command center, through the windows settings...

If you build the Win11 ISO using Rufus instead of Microsoft's own Media Creation Tool, you have options to prevent this bullshit from happening.

I've been using Win11 with an offline account for years, and everything works as it should, even the MS Store. I never have to deal with Microsoft Account bullshit ever.